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Peter zalmayev director eurasia democracy initiative
'Peter Zalmayev' (Russian: Петр (Питер) Залмаев) is director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative (EDI), an international non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of democracy and human rights in post-Communist transitional societies of Eastern and Central Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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- Peter zalmayev director eurasia democracy initiative
- Exclusive interview peter zalmayev eurasia democracy initiative on russian propaganda
- Background
- Kazakhstan Central Asia and Other Post Soviet States
- Conflict in Ukraine
- References
Exclusive interview peter zalmayev eurasia democracy initiative on russian propaganda
Background
Zalmayev received his Master's in International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs with a concentration in post-Soviet/Eurasian studies. From 2000 to 2006, Zalmayev managed the Central Asia/Caucasus Program at a major international human rights watchdog, the International League for Human Rights. Zalmayev is a graduate of the International Peace Academy's (currently known as International Peace Institute)2003 Seminar "The Regionalization of Conflict and Intervention" He has provided regular commentary to major U.S. and international print and broadcast media on political, social and economic developments in countries of the former Soviet Union. In 2011, Zalmayev joined the board of the American Jewish Committee, New York Region.
Zalmayev is a contributor to The Odessa Review
Kazakhstan, Central Asia and Other Post-Soviet States
On June 12, 2002, as a representative of the International League for Human Rights, Zalmayev testified about the situation in Kazakhstan to members of the European Parliament's Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan und EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees. In October 2002, Zalmayev condemned the Kazakhstani government's persecution of Sergei Duvanov, an independent journalist, and, following Duvanov's arrest on charges widely seen as trumped up, Zalmayev proposed to give Duvanov the League's annual human rights award at a ceremony held at the United Nations on December 9, 2002 (on the eve of the Human Rights Day). In 2008, Zalmayev protested against Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev's being nominated for the Nobel Prize. Zalmayev was quoted in reports on Kazakhstan elections in 2010. In 2010, Zalmayev, in an interview to Kyiv Post, criticized Ukraine's government for its attempts to muzzle independent media in the country.
Conflict in Ukraine
Following Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula, Zalmayev has provided regular commentary on the Ukrainian crisis, in various international broadcast media, including CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera. Zalmayev is also a regular contributor to Al Jazeera's website.
In June - July 2014, Zalmayev appeared in leading Ukrainian broadcast media, including the country's main political talk show, Shuster LIVE, where he urged Ukraine's government to devise a broad international media campaign to help Ukraine in the face of Moscow's aggression. Zalmayev also gave interviews to Hromadske TV, VESTI Radio, and the 1+1 channel.